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Lovelle - Humberston

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1.00 /5

My partner and I are first time buyers, young couple and was interested in the current new build that had just come available. We had an awful experience with our previous property and needed a better quality house. The property before that was on the same plot allowed us to use the help to buy scheme. We assumed the same scheme was possible with this current house. Before reserving we showed Lovelle’s our mortgage in principle and gifted deposit amount which didn’t add up to the total asking price because we were using Help to Buy. Due to Lovelle’s not checking our mortgage in principle and not correcting us (which they had noticed the mortgage was considerably less as the owner told me over the phone ) we paid £1000 to reserve the property. Months down the line, the developer found out we were using Help to Buy and told us he didn’t offer that scheme and we ended up losing the house and deposit. I was 5 months pregnant at the time and was becoming very stressed. The owner rang me and said one of her team assumed we had a gifted deposit for the rest of the amount of the property (which was £50,000!) When I complained and asked for support in receiving our £1000 deposit back from the developer we were shut down. We wouldn’t of reserved the house if we knew he didn’t use Help to Buy but we were not informed and it was not picked up- even though they deal with this day in and day out. I was extremely stressed, upset and disappointed in the response to our situation.

Reply from agent

Dear Millie, I am sorry its taken a little while to respond to you. I am genuinely sad to see your comments. The property you proposed to purchase was never advertised with accepting the help to buy scheme, whether that be on any property portal or on the particulars as our client wasn’t registered with the scheme. As you mentioned, there are several builders on the site, with different builds and different criteria – all are not the same. If this information had been relayed to us that you needed the help to buy scheme, we could have advised you from the very beginning of your enquiry. We dealt with your conveyancer and your mortgage advisor who didn’t advise us of this either. I understand how upsetting this whole process must have been for you and I am sorry you didn’t get the outcome you wished for. I wish you and your family all the best for the future. Samantha

1.00 /5

Lovelle HUMBERSTON listed a house for sale which we wanted to view. We were able to view it rather quickly, the lady who showed us round was very nice also, think she’s the owner but I can’t be sure. We put an offer in on the property straight away, the offer was above asking price. The seller apparently wanted the person who could move the fastest. Lovelle allowed us and another buyer battle against each other basically, we were told the first person who could move the fastest could have the property. I was told we were in a much simpler chain than the other buyers. I rushed around for a couple of days, tried so hard, put pressure on our buyers to move things as quickly as possible. I contacted Lovelle each time I got a step further and the whole way was told we were one step ahead of the other buyer. We were told we would be given a decision one day however we were kept hanging on. The next day I contacted them to be told they were waiting on contact from the seller. Another day passed, I received confirmation our buyer had completed all steps and we were ready to go so I called and they said they will call the seller but they were so confident the property was ours, they said they will call me back straight away... they didn’t! That evening passed, we thought the property was ours. I called again in the morning and was told someone will call me back. I received a call back some time later to be told they were giving the property to someone else! I understand the buyer makes the overall decision but Lovelle should never have allowed this. It was so stressful and they didn’t seem to care. This also happened to a friend of ours, they said they had the exact same experience with Lovelle having to battle against another buyer. I wasn’t going to write a review however I made a comment on a Facebook picture they uploaded a few days ago and the comment was deleted. Why delete the comment and block me from commenting on any other post! I did screenshot the post and comments however I can’t post them on my review. I would never deal with this estate agent again, buying or selling!NegativeResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism

Reply from agent

Dear Sophie, I am sad to see your review today. I know how incredibly stressful it is moving home, even more so when you set your heart on a property that you are unsuccessful with. The particular property you were interested in was an extremely popular property. You were advised upon booking the viewing, that the property had come back available due to a chain collapse at the eleventh hour and since going back on the market it was receiving an incredible response. This is the reason why we advised you to not advise the owners of the one you were already purchasing in the chance that you were unsuccessful with this one. Upon receiving several offers on the property we wanted to ensure we did our due diligence on each offer and their full chain below, presenting all the facts to our owner for them to make a well informed decision. Given the current climate, this did take a little longer than usual but as explained, we wanted our owner to feel confident in who they decided to sell to. Ultimately, as an estate agent, we make no decisions on who the owners decide to sell to, we present them with all the facts and they make the choice. There was always going to be an unhappy ending for the unsuccessful applicants that missed out on this property and unfortunately you were one of them. All the best for the future Sophie and I wish you well in your new home. Samantha

1.00 /5

They can't quite understand the concept of the courtesy call

Reply from agent

Good afternoon Chris, I am sad to see you have left my office a negative review today. You have left us limited information to go on for us to investigate your comments. I can assure you we make hundreds of courtesy calls each week to keep our clients well informed and updated on the sale of their property. I see from your profile that you have left many reviews for all different firms this afternoon, a fair few negative too. If you have indeed had a negative experience with us Chris, can I ask you to make contact with me personally. I would love the opportunity to discuss your review with you direct, if you could contact me at your earliest convenience on s.nicholson-merritt@lovelle-property.co.uk or by telephone on 01472 812250 and ask to speak with Samantha. I look forward to hearing from you.

1.00 /5

Disappointing to say the least - couldn’t even get someone round to value our property. Made appointments and then cancelled them... no effort made from them. Very poor.

Reply from agent

Good afternoon Larissa, I am sad to read your review today and to see you have struggled making an appointment. I have searched our database and I can see you haven't had any dealings with my branch here at Humberston. It is disappointing as an independent branch to receive a negative review when we have had no relations with you. We pride ourselves here on customer service and always strive to get it right. I would love the opportunity to discuss your review with you direct, if you could contact me at your earliest convenience on s.nicholson-merritt@lovelle-property.co.uk or by telephone on 01472 812250 and ask to speak with Samantha. I look forward to hearing from you.

1.00 /5

Rushed me round the property I viewed and every time I went to look at some fault she didn't want me to see she quickly changed the subject. Dishonest, but then they are estate agents and it's what you should expect I suppose. Be careful when viewing one of their properties.

Reply from agent

Good afternoon Miss Moo, I am terribly disappointed that you have left us a negative review. Our customer service level is very important to us and we strive every day to get it right. Our customer satisfaction survey is currently running at 99% of customers that would recommend us. I have searched our sales data base so that I may make contact with you, however I have been unable to locate your details as ever being logged on our system. I can only presume that maybe it was a property to let that you went to view and this is not something that is handled at my office. I do hope you will get in contact with me at your earliest convenience so that I may investigate the issue further. You can contact me direct on s.nicholson-merritt@lovelle-property.co.uk or by telephone on 01472 812250. I look forward to hearing from you. Samantha, Branch Partner.

1.00 /5
Reply from agent

Good afternoon Andrzej, We are terribly disappointed that you have left us a negative review with no explanation as to why. Our customer service level is very important to us and we strive every day to get it right. Our customer satisfaction survey is currently running at 98% of customers that would recommend us. We have searched our data base so that we may make contact with you, however we have been unable to locate your details as ever being logged on our system. We do hope you will get in contact with us at your earliest convenience so that we may investigate and resolve the issue. You can contact our dedicated manager, Samantha direct on s.nicholson-merritt@lovelle-property.co.uk or by telephone on 01472 812250.

1.00 /5

The person who shows you round properties is awful.not a nice person speaks to you like crap.defintly wouldnt deal with these again

Reply from agent

Thank you for taking the time to post two reviews on our Humberston estate agency branch and our Grimsby estate agency branch pages. We believe your viewing appointment was not actually with either of these branches but with our Grimsby lettings business. Your review has been referred to our lettings team. We take our customer service very seriously and we are sorry that you felt our representative agent spoke to you in a detrimental way. This was certainly not our intention. If you would like to discuss the matter with a representative of our business please contact the lettings department directly, we would be happy to discuss this matter with you.

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